CVE-2026-24513Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Kubernetes Ingress-nginx

Severity
3.1LOWNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 3
Latest updateFeb 5

Description

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the protection afforded by the `auth-url` Ingress annotation may not be effective in the presence of a specific misconfiguration. If the ingress-nginx controller is configured with a default custom-errors configuration that includes HTTP errors 401 or 403, and if the configured default custom-errors backend is defective and fails to respect the X-Code HTTP header, then an Ingress with the `auth-url` annotation may be accessed even when auth

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

Gok8s.io/ingress-nginx1.14.01.14.3+1
CVEListV5kubernetes/ingress-nginx< 1.13.7+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
ingress-nginx has Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in k8s.io/ingress-nginx2026-02-05
OSV
ingress-nginx has Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions2026-02-04
GHSA
ingress-nginx has Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions2026-02-04
CVEList
ingress-nginx auth-url protection bypass2026-02-03

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-24513 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2026-24513 — Kubernetes Ingress-nginx vulnerability | cvebase